Status of .NP Domain Names and Mercantile’s breaching of its own Rules



.np Domain Registration Logo

.np Domain Registration Logo

If you have a business inside Nepal, then you might want to get the country level domain (TLD) which is .np like .com.np. Or even if you are a Nepalese citizen, you are liable to get the free .com.np domain address which is at present, all handled by Mercantile – a private company. To regulate the internet workflow, traffic patterns, maintain national ethics & integrity, this country level domains (ccTLD) should have been handled by a Government Organization which is yet a misery (How to get a .np domain name).

The Government has just initiated to handle .gov.np domains, now onward all Government offices should register their .gov.np domain names from Gov-np Domain Registration office, National Information Technology Center (NITC) inside Singh Durbar in Kathmandu. Yes, time for the Government to undertake the Nepalese national domain has come (The rules for gov.np registration are thus different from those of other domain names.) Here, we try to explore the ethics and rules imposed by Mercantile during registration of the .np domain and violation of the same by the same registrar (Mercantile) company. [Read more...]

Overview of Wireless Internet Service (WiFi) Providers in Nepal



WiFi Internet TowerNo matter how our country runs in terms of physical infrastructure development with hours and hours of power cut (loadshedding), we still have a good number of telco companies and Internet Service Providers. Even though data (internet) customers in Nepal are not happy with the service providers in a way or the others, we have enough number of Wireless Internet Service Providers (WiFi ISPs) running in various cities in Nepal and airing tonnes of bandwidth every single second. Currently there are 45 registered ISPs in Nepal (excluding Network Service Providers). In this article, we review currently operating WiFi ISPs (both fixed and mobile WiFi providers, excluded are mobile operators) in Nepal.

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Nepalese Broadband Internet to be assisted by ITU



International Telecommunication Union ITU LogoInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU) is going to help broadband internet connection in Nepal. ITU will formally help Nepal in capacity building and technical assistance to formulate national level policy framework of ICT for the people with disability project. International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has focused its activities in Nepaldue to its target to empower Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Online Payment Processing Companies in Nepal

Online payment in Nepal

Online payment in Nepal

Time has changed, so is ours. We no more need international payment mechanisms and merchants to  purchase online. There are few, but enough for the time being, online payment processing companies in Nepal which allow you to pay your bills online, without any processing fees in most of the cases.

Most of them allow us to send and receive money online, buy air tickets, pay utility bills, purchase mobile recharge cards, pay school college bills, internet bills, subscribe newspapers and magazines online; and afterall link you paypal or credit card with these services. Let’s learn more about online payment options in Nepal.
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How to register .np domain?

If you have a business in Nepal or you are a Nepalese citizen or your organization is in Nepal, then you are eligible to register your own .np domain name for free. “.np” is the Country Code (TLD) for domain registration in Nepal. .np domain registration is provided for free by the Mercantile Communications Pvt Ltd. Mercantile (mos.com.np) is the only national internet registry or .np ccTLD domain registrar. As of now, only .com.np, .org.np, .edu.np, .net.np, .gov.np and .mil.np secondary domain names can be registered which is enough for most of the purposes for us.

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